Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-31
Rough on the Little Women.
THEIR SIZE PREVENTS THEIR GETTING GOOD STU
TIONS-BIG GIRLS WANTED.

THEIR SIZE PREVENTS THEIR GETTING GOOD sITUA-
TIONS-BIG GIRLS WANTED.
From the Cincinnati Sun.
Few have any idea Of the trials and tribula-
tons of cultivated women, small In stature,
who seek honest employment In this city. The
little lady may be modest, pretty, neatly dressed,
affabe in conversation and agreeable In manner,
yet almost every avenue leading to a respectable
living is closed to her. The shopkeeper picks his
female help In the spirit that aninates him when
he makes display of goods In his windows. And
il NUS be confessed that practically, if not
fine looking woman VIII sell sea,skin cloak in
i've cases out OF six, where a little body would
fail fail ., The little LADY may be refined gold.
Her small stature is a misfortune that she
cannot remedy. She cannot become floor
walker In a dry goods emporium, for She lacks the
swoop and carriage and the lOrdly aplOmb which
awe employees and attract purchasers. She has
great trouble In securing even place behind the
counter. Her fragility and tiny size are in the
way. She cannot reach the goods on the top shelf,
nor can she return them after sale is made with
on; climbing TO the counter, which ungrace:ul act
would quench the last spark OF dignity left by
nature at her birth She is out OF place. again. in
the pariOrs OF fashionable miiiner or dress
maker. You may find her sitting In little back
room adjoining, stitching away In bad light and
worse atmosphere, with her knees up to her chin
but you viii never see her in the salesroO,n.
"a small woman Is out OF place In showroom"
said Madame DemOrest, when one OF her friends
sought situation for worthy but understood
| lady. Il have no use for her there. She cannot
sell even a pattern. People Will not go to her.
They will hardly ask her a question. They pass
her by though she was child and go to sales
woman more stylish and commanding One Is
prominent and the other insignificant and the
prominent figure invariably attracts attention"
A place for the little lady was found In the mail
ing department at s. week AT the same time
tan woman OF good figure, who carried her head
like Juno, neither well educated nor particularly
agreeable, was placed in the show room at sl4 per
week She was not as refined nor as painstaking
as the little one, but she had the physique SO
highly priced by an experienced mOdiste. The
little one t0ii6d ten hours day, with hardly re-
spite, while the big woman walked grandly up and
down the parlor, experimenting sales and keep
| ing ything trim
Chry Wouldn't Help Him.
From the Chicago Tribune.
AT 10 O'Clock in the evening ClugstOn PROMPTLY
| put on his hat and overcoat and said he must be
/ going.
whats the matter, Clugston!" said one OF the
members OF the club. "We've only broke three
bottles. Say chrysanthemum.'"
.'Chrysanthemum," replied Ciugston, easily
you're all right Tor an hour yet"
"No, no. said ClugStOn, sadly. 81 can saw that
word after the sixth bottle, but my wife fOOrsd me
last night With 'monarchfal. She'll be waiting for
me Tonight with 'statiStician,' or inexplcabIe'
| or some other horrible word that haven't been
| practiciDg on. GOOD night, boys" And MI Clup-
| ston went out with an anxious and preoccupied
look on his lace